Can you run a modern diesle car engine on a 50% cooking oil 50% diesle fuel mix?

will it damage the engine, do you need a modification?

Answers:
The answer is probably yes - PROVIDED that :-
1. the cooking oil is ultra clean (no bits of egg etc floating around etc).
2. The cooking oil is lightweight - rapeseed oil has the lowest viscosity.
3. You remember that some engines are better than other for this sort of "experiment". Peugots, Fords and BMW's are the best apparently.
Don't forget that the original diesel engine was designed to run on peanut oil!
Lastly remember to pay custom duties on the oil part of your fuel mixture. Failure to do so will get you into incredibly deep ****.
I saw an episode of Mythbusters in which Jamie and Adam ran a deisel car on pure filtered used cooking oil without any modifications.
sorry dont know ,but do u own a chain of chip shops lol
Yes, its called bio diesel, do a web search, no mod req'd
www.bioking.co.uk try this site before you put crisp and dry in your motor
Think you can but watch out for the taxman. A recent TV program had a guy using reclaimed cooking oil and he had to pay tax on the product used in his van.
I don't recommend it. If it burns too lean then you will probably end up shelling out your motor in the long run. You should try it on someone elses deisle first before trying it out on your car. Especially if it's your daily driver.
It will eventualy damage your injection pump.

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